Five men connected to a ruthless drug gang known as the Greeks have been convicted of three brutal slayings around Vernon after B.C.’s longest-ever jury trial.

A B.C. Supreme Court jury deliberated for a record 12 days before coming back just after noon Sunday to announce the verdict.

The 11 jurors found Peter Manolakos, Dale Sipes, Leslie Podolski, Sheldon O’Donnell and Douglas Brownell guilty for their roles in killing three men who had run-ins with the Greeks gang just before their deaths.

David Barry Marniuk, who delivered drugs for the Greeks, was beaten to death with a baseball bat, a hammer and a blowtorch because he had taken off with some cash and the gang’s cell phone in the middle of a shift in the summer of 2004.

Both Sipes and Podolski were found guilty of the first-degree murder of Marniuk. O’Donnell was convicted of second-degree and Manolakos was convicted of manslaughter in Marniuk’s death.

Thomas Edward Bryce was a rival drug trafficker fighting the Greeks for turf when he was also beaten with a wooden bat, then stomped, at a popular beach near Vernon in November 2004. He died 17 days later in hospital.

O’Donnell was convicted of second-degree murder in Bryce’s death, while the jury found Brownell guilty of manslaughter.

Ronald James Thom was shot to death on May 31, 2005 because Manolakos heard Thom may have provided police with information about the Greeks criminal activity.

Sipes, O’Donnell and Manolakos were convicted of the Thom’s first-degree murder, while Brownell was convicted of manslaughter.

Justice Bill Smart said the killers will be brought back to court Thursday for sentencing.

The four convicted of first-degree murder will receive an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years, while Smart will have to rule on Brownell’s term for two manslaughter convictions.

Smart thanked the jury for their service through 18 months of evidence, weeks of closing arguments and his own instructions, as well as 12 long days of deliberations.

Crown David Jardine, one of the senior prosecutors on the case, also expressed gratitude for the jurors’ commitment.

“We are extremely pleased and full of admiration for the work that the jury put in in18 months of service that’s over and above the call of duty,” Jardine said. “We are full of appreciation for the work that the jury put it.”

Some of the controversial key Crown witnesses at the trial cannot be named because of publication bans on any information that could identify them.

Defence lawyers for the accused attacked the credibility of the Crown witnesses, saying some of them were killers with lengthy criminal histories.

Crown lawyers said that despite the criminal records of some of the witnesses, jurors should not reject any of their testimony in its entirety.

Smart began his six-day charge to the jury on Nov. 7. The jury started their deliberations on Nov. 14 and generally met from 9:30 am to 7:30 p.m. with a one break for lunch.

Jurors heard that Manolakos led the deadly gang, named after his Greek heritage. Sipes, Podolski and O’Donnell were senior gang members, while Brownell was an associate who did drug deals with the Greeks.

Manolakos provided gold rings and vests to his members, who also had a tattoo of the word “ema” – which means “blood” in Greek – as well as the omega symbol.

And jurors heard that the Greeks had different ranks within the organization, including “runners” like Marniuk who worked the drug lines at the street level, “bankers” who would supply drugs to the runners and collect the profits, and “enforcers” who would mete out punishment to those who broke the Greeks’ rules.

They also listened to testimony of gruesome evidence about how Marniuk’s battered remains were taken out to a remote spot and set on fire. A former gang member testified that Manolakos wanted Thom’s bullet-ridden body left on a Vernon street as a warning to others not to cross the Greeks.

More than 100 Crown witnesses testified at the trial, which was held in the special high-security courtroom built for the Air India bombing case. Twenty-five lawyers were involved in the historic trial.

The RCMP put together a special task force to look into the gang’s activities in 2004 and 2005, resulting in arrests and charges in May 2006.

While jurors heard evidence in three murders, Greek gang members are also suspects in four other slayings in the north Okanagan.

At the time of their arrests in May 2006, police said the Greeks were major players in the drug trade in the Okanagan and also had tentacles that reached to Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Vancouver and other cities. The Greeks also had links to the Hells Angels.

A Vernon lawyer connected to the Greeks is due to go to trial in January on criminal organization charges.

96 Comment(s) for Five men convicted in three slayings in Greeks murder trial: Sentencing Thursday

My name is Cindy.. Thomas Edward Bryce is my uncle..my mothers brother. It is 10 years this November he was taken from us. And I just want to find out what beach his death took place at.. I’ve tried looking it up and have come up with nothing.. Not really sure how to go about finding out the location. I hope everyone involved rots in hell, the pain I still feel to this day from the loss of my uncle Tom is unbearable it will never go away. I think about him everyday and forever hold him in my heart. I want to find the location of the beach where he was murdered, so I can go and see where he was last was. So I can be with him again.

KIM SAYS: According to you, an anonymous person on the blog. Until I get that officially confirmed, it has to be removed. Sorry. That’s the way it works. Again, I am not refuting what you’re saying as I haven’t had time to dig into it. As I said to you after you emailed me and what I am saying to you know is that I will follow up.

I need to confirm what you are saying. And he wasn’t charged with the allegations you made anyway. That’s my point. I am not arguing the facts. I am saying I have to check them out and I won’t have time to do that for a week at the least. I think you also emailed me about him.

You accused someone of a crime using their full name and posting their address, when that person has been neither charged nor convicted. The same rules apply across the board on the blog. You can’t do that. I have said I am looking into it and that’s the best I can do.

KIM SAYS: I have heard some details of this guy and am following up – including through Access to Info request. In the meantime, I can’t leave this up till it is all verified and I can do a story. Thanks

What a bunch of tangential twaddle, bobbylou! The article is about the conviction of a group of murderers that have been successfully convicted of TORTUROUS murders. These are your so-called business-managers filing a void caused by mommies and daddies. Nice try at the conversational segue to the supply-and-demand argument. Maybe you should try that out on the family members off the people blowtorched and beaten ton death: “None of this would have happened if the addicts daddies had coached Little League. There wouldn’t have been addicts so the murders wouldn’t have happened.”

What a bunch of tangential twaddle, bobbylou!
**Dismissive … I like that! … makes it seem you are the iNTelliGant one and I am not … good start!

The article is about the conviction of a group of murderers that have been successfully convicted of TORTUROUS murders.
****The poster implied all drug dealers are phsycos … I give you this example there Mich … but to imply all drug dealing is done by psychopaths is pretty rich considering how far up and down the supply chain goes … dont take one example and make a generalization and go off about poison etc etc … face facts, society, as a whole, loves its drugs … someone is going to supply it … and as much as it is exciting to read these hard core stories, many, many, many transactions happen DAILY …. with lots and lots and lots and lots of cash changing hands by many many many people … the majority of which are doing it to make dough … and the majority of which are normal, everyday folk …

These are your so-called business-managers filing a void caused by mommies and daddies.
****Yep! people want drugs, others supply them … sure, you can go off about this extreme example … but of allllll the dealers out there, do you think most of them are playing more nicely, or the same/less nicely then these? Enron was a bad, bad company … cost many old people their life savings … many never recovered, many committed suicide … business is cut throat sometimes … those unethical businessman, same as these unethical businessmen had to be dealt with (no argument these are extreme dudes who went wayyy beyond the business aspect and didnt understand long term business relationships)

Nice try at the conversational segue to the supply-and-demand argument.
***Nice try to mock my points and simplify your point of view

Maybe you should try that out on the family members off the people blowtorched and beaten ton death: “None of this would have happened if the addicts daddies had coached Little League. There wouldn’t have been addicts so the murders wouldn’t have happened.”
****Simplifying the argument and using emotion to counter, nice try, but, yes, that would be more helpful i suppose … ok … lets be more blatant … kids are raped by their fathers, uncles … beaten to a pulp by alchoholic parents … starving because mommy is a crack head … things you and i could not imagine … and you think coaching little league was my point? no wonder I cant see anything constructive in yours …

ohhh the drama … find the worse stories and link them into the drug business – as if this is the norm? lol

Even petty thieves can have anti social personality disorder traits so your unfounded theory that not all drug dealers behave like psychopaths remains unproven. But just for arguments sake, you’ve got the floor to prove the experts wrong.

And just to be clear, I’m not talking petty thievery as in a child learning their first lesson in taking things that don’t belong to them.

This whole thing is messed up. What you people have to understand is that people in the game would not condone stuff like this. These were low level guys working phones… I cant believe they did bs over some phone drama. They took their friend out and g’d his drink and then did him in?! What a bunch of cowards.. These guys were psychos.. But not in a gangster way.. They were trash.

Paranoia causes one to do strange things. I remember one delusional idiot, who sprinkled corn flakes on his front step so that he could hear when the swat team was sneaking up, whilst fidgeting with his piece. Every second car was CSIS, as he drove using evasive tactics. Had to get away from him, as I caught myself laughing at him less and less, and becoming more para myself. Some of these schemes are drafted by guys who are inherently evil coupled with sleep deprivation and bad trips. Stay in school kids!

Re messed up
I hit the thumbs up instead of reply by accident. Are you trying to say that there is a difference between gangsters and psychos?
What’s the difference between a slow painful death caused from addiction opposed to a bullet in the head?
Have you seen the destruction drug addiction causes?
Anyone who sells poison is a psycho.
If you think weed isn’t a part of it, look at the toxic chemicals dumped into the environment while growing. By the way, you’re smoking those toxins too.

nahhhh … egg came before the chicken … chicken didnt come before the egg …

as much as the rhetoric sounds more dramatic to say drug dealers ’cause’ addicts, not true …if a person is well rounded, part of the community, engaged in positive loving relationships, nothing a drug dealer does is going to make them an ‘addict’ … sure, i am sure you have a story of a lovely high school cheerleader/basketball player who ‘went astray’ – but even those often have underlining issues we know nothing about …

underlining issues cause addicts … who use the drugs to ‘escape’ reality … uncle todd who liked to play with johnnys peepee or jennys vayjay … mother goose who liked to smoke her meth and couldnt cook dinner for little billy …. angry papa who used to have a couple and smash the shyte out of little sammy … what society does in the confines of ‘home’, … horrible …

drug dealing is like alchohol … the masses demand it, dealers supply it … rest of it is on us to create a better, more engaging society … think that will ever happen? lol … nahhh … we are too concerned with ‘paying the bills’ to care about that kinda warm and fuzzy crap hey? … sooo … demand for drugs will just continue, or grow …

sooo … yes … there is a difference between gangsters and psychos … sometimes they cross the line, i give you that … but if you cant see the difference, you are either trying to be overly dramatic, or are choosing to simplify a very very complex issue …

PS – you eat fish? look at the toxic chemicals dumped into the [the water] … By the way, you’re eating those toxins too.

They are killers and scumbags who got what they deserve. Its to bad there is so much bullshit going on about these killers in the courts. It was proved a long time ago that they murdered people. I only wish we had the death penalty. All the money spent not to mention all the pain the family’s of the murdered have to endure. A bullet and a drain hole is too good for all these bastards, but I would take it. I am a family member of one of their victims.His name was Stanley Polak. He was like a brother to me and I miss him. Even though this supposed gang has still not been charged for his murder or for Belinda Scott it’s a fact that they are indeed responsible for their deaths. So to answer your question who are the greeks……….well i would say cowards, bully’s,murderers, and just plain bad bad people.

You deserve a lot more and a full explanation with detailed accounting from the Authorities – and so does the PUBLIC deserve the same!
Belinda had a serious drug problem and Ron took her in to help in providing a safe accommodation for her! Her Drug problem was serious.
Because, she was aware that Ron, her helper, had been picked up to be murdered, they killed her too shortly after they killed him! She was picked up on the street after going to the RCMP!
They knew what was going down – and that is how the GANG found out about her pleas for help!
The killings were all Supervised by 2 Independant Soldiers from the Lower Mainland who came to direct the Greeks in the Killings.
The RCMP never arrested these Male IS Gang members who were accessory to the KILLINGS!
These young boys had no experience in this, but when the IS were finished training them , the results were horrible!
The IS pair were on thier way back to Lower mainland and stopped at the Camping Ground just close to Hope – murdered Belinda, dumping her body there.
This was all directly connected to Ron’s killing in 48 hour period!!! Ron’s body was not dumped in the CITY but on Back Road to Kelowna – only a coupe of hundred feet from the Okanagan Band #2 Boundary!
Ron was NOT an INFORMANT, but went to RCMP for help, after being warned, and they played DUMB!!!
Originally Ron was wanting to go it alone and be a transporter not a handler! They had just refused him when one of the Gang set him up for a fall guy – falsely. He was told this from street friends, as he explained, and he knew thing would get dangerous for him! He was more concerned for Belinda than himself! He talked as a real person, but had got caught up in a “Blood in Blood OUT”. scenerio! He was a likeable person! A Honey Bear to the girls!

go to the RCMP? going to the likes of Striker and Todd are signing your death warrant! they are paid by the other side if you all didn’t know! the Vernon cops are a crooked as they come and they will soon get their come uppence when the general citizens realize who they are without “bans”

You are wrong on why Ron and Belinda where killed. Niether of them talked to police at anytime, not Ron or Belinda after Ron’s death. The media reports are not correct either. Ron was killed because he called Peter a rat and said he could prove it, so Peter had him killed but he had to make people thing it was Ron who was the rat so they would kill him. Belinda was killed because Peter thought she knew who picked up Ron and to Peter she was a liability so he had her killed. She knew nothing and believed the Peter and his boys would protect her, she thought someone else had killed Ron. Ron was left on Commanage Rd near rosie’s pond in Vernon not Kelowna.The fact is they were killed for no reason. People playing GOD! As for the Vernon RCMP I have nothing good to say so I won’t. E- division did their job. Not to happy with the coverups and believe the public have the right to know about the wrongs doings in this case but at least there is a conviction. Those losers terrorized alot of people. It will never be over for the families but at least there is some sort of closure. Ron and Belinda were good people. Ron would give you the shirt off his back and Belinda too. Hopefully the real truth comes out, but I doubt it!

This is what the RCMP said and they were not revealing the TRUTH and neither are you!
Ron did not say anything foul as he knew well enough to not engage in this kind of appraoch for his request!!! Peter was told a lie about Ron by one of his own, which was the eventual demise for Ron! You did not talk to Ron as I did!!!
I had his word and the street confirmation from three sources that feared for Ron who was very well liked!
Linda was told by the girls that he had just been picked up and went to the RCMP with associates – you did not know this as I can name the girls!!!
The number one thing that you do not do, if you are Street or GANG, is go do Vernon RCMP GANG!
Ron was not a Rat! TheGang wanted him OUT, because he requested his position that they were not going to give him!
You have demonstrated that you do not have the facts on the exact location he was left. That was again not revealed immediately and later confirmed by investigative reporters who talked directly to the Band Members – and later I attened the scene with a Gang associate!!!
Ron had his contact from RCMP who were connected to the Greeks – one of many BAD BOYS I can confirm and NAME!
I did not say he was killed in Kelowna, so you have problems reading and interpreting!
E-Divinsion has long known of the Corruption within the S. E. Sector and several Ex RCMP members have long known this fact on a much higher level of internal higher Brass functionality!!!
A bought Conviction is not JUSTICE!!!
Agreed that the media reports were false, because they were being feed LIES from the RCMP!
E-Division may have done some semblance of an intentianl sloppy job, but it was done to PROTECT others of High Society in Vernon who have long been Profitting from the Proceeds of CRIME! They are in complicity to CRIME!!!

Further Belinda was picked up only hours after Ron, and eventually both were killed within 24 to 48 of each other – location and time of death are close enough confirmed this!!! The IS Males left immediately after Ron Thom’s; confirmed death and the gruesome details were shared by these sadistic killers and left the IS to take care of Belinda – again not documented correctly!
It is not confirmd if one or more Greek Gang members went with the IS on thier return to the Lower Mainland!

For your information I knew Ron and Belinda very well! I also know what Ron and Belinda said and did not say. I know who took belinda and I know the exact spot Ron was left! I know the real reason peter and his goof friends did what they did and i also know which vernon officers where corrupt and about all the cover ups. Ron and Belinda were my family ASSHOLE! My family has been living this nightmare for 71/2 fucking years! I know exactly what Ron had to say about Peter. So do not tell me what I Know and don’t know cause my family has been living it! We have to hear the lies and the bullshit news reports. we have to hear everyones ideas on what happened or what they think they know. I know what Ron told us and what Belinda knew and did. I know who told her Ron was gone. I know the real Fucking story not everyones rumors and lies! Fact is they were killed for no reason. Belinda wasnt taken only hours after Ron, she went with andre raymond around 1130 pm. 18 hours later thinking he was going to protect her. She was told that Ron had ripped off some people and they had ordered a hit on him. She thought the greeks were her friends. So you can say what you want but it is obvious you dont know the real story. So again I did know Ron and Belinda better than you, THEY WERE MY FAMILY!

You were listiening to Ron on his STREET talk level of conversation, I talked to him on another real level!
Family, street level never reveal truth as it can come back to end your life!
You were not close to Ron as a non-street person!
You have only repeated several times exactly what I said happened in low level street english!
Peter was constantly an UNRELIABLE and SICK MINDED POWER HUNGARY person by thought and conversation! Scattered between a Gang World and his Worldly family – outside gang functions!
Ron told you what he knew you wanted to hear as he repeated to me!
“I can’t even communicate with these ignorance bunch, so I tell them what is street talk stories. It is the way you exist on the street – pure BS is the way!”,Ron
Peter told you a STREET way of setting up Ron’s eventual Hit order.
elinda left Raymond, because she was so drugged up and out of control she was picked after the other group of girls gave her up by reporting her to Peter’s henchman.
She did not consider any of Peter’s Gang as anything reliable. Why do you think that Ron was protecting Belinda living at 207 4103 Alexis Park Drive! She repeatly ask me to take care of her cat when Ron and Her went out together , because she feared your family!!!
You are the one who heard what you wanted, not the FACTS as Ron and I talked about in a LIVE REAL WORLD – not yours!!! You can go on believing you know it all, and I hope you do because you are just as reponsible for his death as you did NOTHING on the STREET LEVEL to stop it!!! Yes the family you were connected to were murderers!

No asshole Ron and Belinda are my actual family! Their kids are my nieces and nephews and they don’t deserve to hear the bullshit everyone spreads! I am not a street person and not part of what peter called family. If you know all you would know Ron and Belinda were not living at alexis park anymore

I would be happy to interview anyone from your family who wants to talk about Ron and what his loss has meant to you.I can’t imagine what you have had to put up with all these years. And you’re right that you shouldn’t have to listen to more crap. If you want to contact me – kbolan@vancouversun.com or 604-219-5740

They did charge them with criminal organization counts, which were severed off by the judge and therefore couldn’t be mentioned during the jury trial. I don’t think they would go forward with another trial on those counts now given these convictions as it would be really expensive and likely not impact the sentences they will get at all. But that is my speculation. I’m sure it will be addressed in court at sentencing.

There is so much crap talking going on!!!!!!!!!! All the rumors of who did what and how it was done. I read through and all I can think of is………….I hope all the people who were murdered are somewhere watching and know that these goofs are going to rot… I HOPE..for a long time. I read all about what people say about the murderers… But what about the victims.. My cousin may have made shitty choices in his life… But we were raised like brother and sister. He loved his family and leaves a son behind. Belinda and Ron had family that miss them very much. I know Belinda’s mom. We have cried together. We will not forget them EVER…..These losers are only answering for three of seven murders………….. Lets think about the victims and not give these murdering basterds the time of day..They sit in jail and get pleasure out of their names being passed around. Thinking they are big and bad. What a joke. Like I said before all the money being spent all the lawyers looking to get them out of jail… they should have the same treatment they gave to their victims…. Some would say I am angry and that taking someone else life would not change anything… Maybe right………but I am not ready to forgive and I will never forget. My opinion is still a drain hole and a few bullets would be a lot cheaper…These scum get three meals a day t.v and a warm place to sleep. They gave my cousin a ditch to sleep in.. It took years to find him… Yet still no peace for his remains as the police still have his body or whats left of him… This haunts me everyday…….their families get to visit them and talk to them. The rest of us do not……..Is there really any justice???????? I will think about these murdered people everyday…

Kim once sentencing is complete and all the families have had a chance to process everything I would be more than willing to speak with you. There was only partial justice for my family yesterday, like tracy said there are 4 more murders they were not charged with and families that are angry and hurt. I am with tracy, my family will never forget or forgive! Wish we still had the death penalty in canada!

We shall not forget! JT was and is a standup guy. Your bro never deserved anything close to what was done. I wasn’t at the trial but why wasn’t Ken and Andre sentenced to 25 years minimum? They were both intimately involved. As was said there are many more murders which were done and admitted ton which were not even part of this trial. The families deserve justice and truth. Let them serve their time and then bring new charges for the unforgotten murders. They deserve it. So does Mastop!

Thanks. Andre did get life with no chance at parole for 25 years and made no deal. Ken made a deal before they were arrested and got charged with one murder, he received life with a chance at parole in 10 years in return for his testimony. I believe ken should have been charged in all 7, but we were told sometimes you have to make a deal with the devil to get what you want. I also believe they should have been charged for all the murders.

Belinda was a very good friend of mine…
Im from nova scotia i. I met belinda in veron 2004… We became good friends…i let ron thom and her move in with me…. We got along great… One night of partying i borrowd 40 BUCKS from SHELTON. HE WORKED FOR THE GREEKS… I GORGOT TO PAY THEM ….A WEEK LATER MY BOYFRIEND AND I WAS IN THE PARK I WENT TO USE THE PAYPHONE ACROSS THE STREET …AND I HEARED MY NAME BEING YELLED SOME LITTLE GUY WITH A LIMP ..OR HE HAD A GIMPY LEG AND HIS BIG DOUH BAG FRIEND SHELTIN..TOOK A BAT AND CAVED THE SIDE OF HIS FACE IN….LUCKEY TWO OFF DUTY COPS SEEN IT AND HELP MY BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME ….THEY WERE GOING TO REALLY KILL HIM…ANYWAYS I BACK IN NOVA SCOTIA ….BUT A FEW YEARS AGO I FLEW OUT TO VERNON TO VISIT BELINDA I NEVER GOT TO SEE HER BECAUSE THE GREEKS KILLED HER ..THAT SAME DAY I FLEW OUT THERE THEY KILLED HER …I LOVE HER AND I MISS HER AND NOW SHE AND RON CAN RIP…NOT A DAY GOES BY I THINK OF HER….AND HER KIDS….LOVE CINDY. FROM CAPE BRETON NS

Cowards ? Did u say COWARDS ? you’re fucking right they are ! one of the victims was G-holed (in his drink) in a bar then carried out (as buddys helping a drunk friend ) then taken down a road and shot. Scum . sorry about your brother …

the cost is minimal as the judges get an annual stipend and the crown prosecutors are paid whether they are at trial or sitting in the office, likewise the court staff and sheriffs, it’s really all chump change in total as all are government employees paid no matter what happens..

as anyone in this town even the really religus people. everyone knew the rcmp of vernon worked with the greeks. makes me sick they can get away with lighting a girl on fire alive after rapeing and beating her. and just walk away scott free for it. after the greek mess vernon got all new cops.

VERY TRUE!!! THE RCMP were aiding and abetting the Greeks and ALL of VERNON knew a lot more than what was brought to this incomplete trial – broadway style stage play of which was setup!
Douglas CORY Brownell admittied to his BEST friend in a telephone call from Calgary, absolute full admission that he KILLED Ron Thom by putting a bullet into his head.
He then admitted to having paid off several local Authorities to the tune of over $225,000.00 in avoiding being CHARGED at first trial preparation in VERNON COURT.
That is the reason why the trial was moved from VERNON and or KELOWNA to Vancouver so as to not involve those on the TAKE!
A statement was taken and given to the arresting RCMP Detective in a meeting held in Lake City just after this Detective arrested the LAWYER MASTOPP! That SATEMENT was never submitted to the CROWN and this make the RCMP complicit in the COVERUP!
Just goes to prove that the RCMP are beyond BROKEN!
This whole Trial was a planned farce with Crown Prosecutors in full knowledge of thier assignment to Not submit key information, facts, and documents that told a much bigger picture regarding more persons involved with this Independant Soldier/Hells Angels sanctioned Drug Trafficking GANG called the GREEKS!
Disgusting!!!

Start looking for a Relative connected to Brownell and I strongly suspect you will find the answers to the lesser charge for Cory Brownell even though he admitted to killing RonThom to his best friend – starting with ties to the BC Government!
Good investigative reporters do this all the time – how about NOW!

Why don’t you just email Kim your information instead of acting like some kinda UC wannabe? She’s not going to out her sources so if you know anything what’s the harm in passing it along to her via email?

Statement noted, but far far from UC Wannabe! Did ever occur to you that she already has the facts. This is a forum for the INTELLECTUALS, and not for the squeamish lackies who go around name calling! Do you know what being publically informed means?
I sure you have a plethora of excuses for everyone who is well informed and shares reality with those who gain new insites from such information!

well must be small number of hockey players in hockey leagues in vernon, likewise around the lower mainland many beer hockey leagues have people playing with other people of different ilks and theyg et to know each other, buddies, and usually “things” get sorted out between “buddies”, it’s called networking and apparently its ok if s “good” guy does something “wrong”………..

Cops are bigger scumbags than the criminals are.Fucking power tripping,crooked GOOFS who think they’re better than everyone else, and think the laws don’t apply to them.Fuck off with your badge-licking rhetoric you dizzy bitch!

If we could only get the real deal on all the dealings the RCMP have with gangs and organized crime groups !!!! That would be one hell of a book to read and the scope of things would be huge . The amount of drug money alone in BC turns many a good men to the other side of the fence when it comes to making money and protecting investments .

The Vernon BIG BRASS and team are still there protecting the biggest Drug Trafficking Operation called “BC BUD for Cocaine,etc. etc. etc.”. The Entire S.E. Sector RCMP know all the players and still like to dable! E-Division sends all the worst RCMP (Canada Wide) to Okanagan, for retraining excercises – a front for the worse results of making an Officer much worse!

interesting how it mentions the task force was instituted in 2004 and 2005, same time as the killings? next question, in a small populated area how is it possible that this activity goes on undetected? everyone on drugs in these places and the code of silence prevalent? people it aint that hard in small towns to see whats happening- unbelievable!